Proverbs 22:6
If a child is trained up in the right way, even when he is old he will not be turned away from it.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
In Context
7The man of wealth has rule over the poor, and he who gets into debt is a servant to his creditor.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:9Only take care, and keep watch on your soul, for fear that the things which your eyes have seen go from your memory and from your heart all the days of your life; but let the knowledge of them be given to your children and to your children's children;
Judges 13:12And Manoah said, Now when your words come true, what is to be the rule for the child and what will be his work?
1 Samuel 2:26And the young Samuel, becoming older, had the approval of the Lord and of men.
Psalms 78:3Which have come to our hearing and our knowledge, as they were given to us by our fathers.
2 Timothy 3:15And that from the time when you were a child, you have had knowledge of the holy Writings, which are able to make you wise to salvation, through faith in Christ Jesus.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 22:6
5 Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them. Note 1. The way of sin is vexatious and dangerous: In the way of the froward, that crooked way, which is contrary to the will and word of God, thorns and snares are found, thorns of grief for past sins and snares entangling them in further sin. He that makes no conscience of what he says and does will find himself hampered by that imaginary liberty, and tormented by his pleasures. Froward people, who are soon… Read the whole commentary →